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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of North Somerset Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official North Somerset website
14,291 approved · 1,722 refused · 1,029 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 29 Mar 2018 to 16 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 25 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Box Bush Cottage North End Road Yatton BS49 4AT
Received 18 Sept 2026Panorama Tickenham Hill Tickenham Clevedon BS21 6SH
Received 18 Sept 2026152 Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PN
Received 21 Sept 2026152 Farleigh Road Backwell BS48 3PN
Received 21 Sept 202620B Devonshire Drive Portishead BS20 8EF
Received 21 Sept 2026Bowley House 6 Hillside Road Long Ashton BS41 9LG
Received 21 Sept 202663 Cambridge Road Clevedon BS21 7BN
Received 21 Sept 202610 Woodland Way Failand BS8 3UD
Received 21 Sept 2026248 Old Church Road Clevedon BS21 7UD
Received 21 Sept 2026Land At Box Bush Farm North End Road Yatton
Received 21 Sept 2026334 Locking Road Weston-super-Mare BS22 8PD
Received 21 Sept 2026The Coach House East Street Banwell BS29 6BW
Received 21 Sept 202632 Clarence Grove Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 4AQ
Received 21 Sept 20267 Ellenborough Park Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 1XJ
Received 21 Sept 2026Bristol Airport North Side Road Felton Wrington BS48 3DY
Received 18 Sept 2026Land North Of Mulberry Road Congresbury BS49 5HD
Received 21 Sept 202677 - 79 West Town Road Backwell BS48 3BH
Received 21 Sept 2026Land Adjacent To Oakfield Estate Hyatts Wood Road Backwell
Received 21 Sept 2026Land East Of Long Ashton Park And Ride Land North Of Metrobus, Ashton Vale Ashton Road Long Ashton
Received 21 Sept 2026Deer View Lodge Rural Building On Track Off Wrington Hill Wrington
Received 21 Sept 2026Land At Redding Pit Lane Redding Pit Lane Winford
Received 22 Sept 20267 Walliscote Road Weston-super-Mare
Received 22 Sept 202639 Arundell Road Weston-super-Mare BS23 2QH
Received 22 Sept 20269 Manor Way Failand BS8 3UY
Received 22 Sept 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for North Somerset Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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